Chapter 376: The widow wants to see Xiang Zhuang

Wang Ling, the prime minister of Qi, was inspecting the city defense surrounded by several small officials and dozens of soldiers. N.ET/ * small * say net / no pop-up ad full text TXT download

Standing on the head of the city and looking down, I saw that the streets and alleys in the city were all crowded with nearby people who could not escape into the city, and the conditions were good and they could build a shack on the street corner to shelter from the sun and rain, but more people could only sleep on the streets, endure the scorching sun during the day, and bear mosquito and fly bites at night, and it was even more miserable when it rained.

As he walked, Wang Ling asked a Qi military captain who accompanied him, "Reinforcements from the surrounding counties haven't come yet?" ”

"Still haven't come." Captain Qi shook his head, and said worriedly, "Prime Minister, the last general is worried that the surrounding counties are likely to have been captured by the Chu army, so most likely there will be no reinforcements coming." ”

Wang Ling frowned when he heard this, there were no reinforcements, only with the 8,000 people in Linzi City, Wang Ling really didn't know how long he could hold out, you must know that the Chu army outside the city had 100,000 cavalry! Thankfully, the Chu army besieged the city for ten days but never launched an attack, and they seemed to be waiting for something.

Another small official came to the king's tomb, lowered his voice and said: "Prime minister, the Chu army has besieged the city for ten days, and the grain in Taicang can't be supported for a few days. ”

Wang Ling just walked forward silently, and there was a shortage of food, which was a big problem.

Half a year ago, there were still millions of stone grain in Linzi Taicang, but the king first conquered Huainan, and then conquered Liangdi, and conquered Zhao more than a month ago, several big battles were fought down, and the millions of stone grain in Taicang were quickly exhausted, and before the siege, hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into Linzi City, and these people had to open their mouths to eat.

After a long time, Wang Ling said: "First the clear soup is supported by little water, and it can last for a few days, if you wait until the food is exhausted, the king has not returned to the teacher, and he will collect grain from the wealthy families and nobles." ”

The little official nodded and said, "That's the only way." ”

When he said this, the little official was quite painful, the little official's family was quite rich, there were six or seven hoards of corn, if the court ordered the requisition of grain, his family's hoards of corns would definitely be requisitioned, could he not feel distressed?

Wang Ling inspected a few miles forward, and suddenly saw that there were refugees making trouble on the street below, although the dozen or so refugees who made trouble were quickly suppressed by the soldiers who rushed to hear the news, but Wang Ling realized the potential danger, and immediately ordered several lieutenants accompanying him: "Among these refugees, there are Chu army spies, and they must be strictly controlled!" ”

The accompanying Qi military academy lieutenants only responded with a sigh and went to receive the order. Baidu search said that the network quickly entered this site without pop-up ads TXT download

Wang Ling inspected a little further, and sighed in a low voice: "I don't know when the king will come back?" ”

The little official also went up and down in his heart, but he still comforted Wang Ling and said: "Don't worry, the king's army may have arrived outside Linzi City at this time." ”

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Han Xin's army has not yet arrived in Linzi, but it is not far from Linzi.

At this moment, Han Xin was standing on the dirty city wall of Gaoyi, a small city west of Linzi, with almost 2,000 residents in the city, but now, in front of Han Xin, in addition to the ruins and ruins, only rubble was left, and a city that was still prosperous in the past was burned by the Chu army.

Moreover, this is not the only city that has been burned down, on the way back to Linzi, Han Xin has seen at least a dozen burned cities, and in addition, there are even more Zhendian villages that have been burned! What especially made Han Xin angry was that the Chu army not only set fire to it everywhere, but also trampled all the good fields along the way. ..., how is the behavior of the Chu army different from the Liang army that went deep into Chu back then?

If you have to find out the difference, it is that the Liang army burned and looted and did all kinds of evil, while the Chu army did not kill people.

However, Han Xin felt that the Chu army did not kill people more hateful than the Liang army, if the Chu army killed all the people along the way, then it would be fine, but the Chu army did not kill people, but drove all these many refugees into a few Xiongcheng Dayi, but it added a great burden to the Qi country!

Lou Jing sighed and said, "King, Chu Jun's hand is so poisonous. ”

The hands of the Chu army are indeed very poisonous, although they did not kill people, but they burned down the houses of all the people along the way, and also robbed them of all their rations, and trampled on this year's corn and beans, so that a huge burden fell on the heads of the monarchs and ministers of Qi State out of thin air, and these hundreds of thousands or even millions of refugees were saved or not?

If you don't save it, it's still a trivial matter to be spurned by the people, the key is that after so many people die, the manpower, national strength and military strength of the Qi State will be seriously weakened, even if Han Xin has the jade seal of the King of Qin, he can no longer compete with Liu Bang and Xiang Zhuang, which Han Xin does not want to see anyway.

Can be saved, where can Qi get this lot of food?

You know, this is not thousands or tens of thousands of refugees, but tens of millions of refugees!

From Xue County to Jibei County, and then from Jibei County to Linzi County, the cavalry of the Chu army has poisoned dozens of counties in three counties, and it is conservatively estimated that the homeless refugees have exceeded 300,000 people, and this matter is not over, and the Chu army will definitely continue to flow next, and the final homeless refugees are likely to exceed one million!

With millions of refugees and so many people opening their mouths to eat, the pressure is really not small!

There is no grain left in Linzi Taicang, and it is impossible for the rest of the vassal states to lend grain to the Qi country, if Han Xin wants to save these millions of refugees, there is only one way, that is, to forcibly collect grain from the wealthy families and nobles of Qidi! But in this way, Han Xin also offended the family heroes of Qidi!

"yes." Han Xin nodded, and said thoughtfully, "Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er's hand is really poisonous!" ”

Lou Jing pondered for a moment, and then said: "Great King, there is no other way to think about it now, but to destroy this Chu cavalry before the situation is completely eroded, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Han Xin nodded silently, this, but Lou Jing thought of it with him.

As long as his army can annihilate Xiangzhuang's cavalry in time, he can control the number of refugees in Qi within a bearable range, and at that time, whether it is the sacrifice of refugees or the sacrifice of a small number of wealthy families, it will not hurt the foundation of Qi State, and Qi State will still have the confidence to compete with Chu and Han.

However, it is not easy to annihilate the Chu army, because the Chu army is all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, while the Qi army is infantry, slow to move, and more importantly, Han Xin lacks intuitive cognition of Xiang Zhuang.

Forcefully pinching the rubble in his hand into powder, Han Xin suddenly said, "The widow wants to see Xiang Zhuang." ”

"The king must not!" Lou Jing's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly dissuaded, "Xiang Zhuang is a fierce general in the world, even Fan Xu died under his halberd, and the king has nothing to do with him, it is too dangerous." ”

"It doesn't matter." Han Xin waved his hand and said indifferently, "The widow has his own arrangements." ”

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On the east bank of Zishui, the Chu army camp.

Xiang Zhuang raised his horns and saluted Baili Xian and said: "Ziliang, come, taste Qidi water and wine." ”

Bai Lixian also raised the horns to pay tribute to Xiang Zhuang, then covered his sleeves and drank all the water and wine in the wine buds, put down the wine buds, Bai Lixian said: "King, this Qidi water wine is bland and tasteless, and it is far worse than our Chudi liquor." "That's." "Xiang Zhuang is not without pride, if it is not for him Xiang Zhuang, how can people in this era drink liquor?

Bai Lixian picked up the feather fan again, and said thoughtfully: "King, the siege has been ten days, and Han Xin's army should almost come back, the key is that there is no food near Linzi, should we go?" ”

Since the Xiao cavalry army entered the Qi land, it has been relying on plunder to maintain the supply of military food, 40,000 war horses and 20,000 mules and horses of forage, Mongolian horses have always had a strong adaptability, just eat grass, but the rations of 20,000 soldiers is really not a small amount, although the surrounding area of Linzi is the most fertile place in Qi, but it is only enough for the Chu army to wreak havoc for ten days.

Now that the ten days have passed, the food that can be grabbed near Linzi has basically been grabbed, and if it is not transferred in time, the soldiers should be hungry.

Xiang Zhuang put down his horns and said, "The scout cavalry should almost have news, right?" ”

When the words fell, Hu Yan suddenly stepped into the tent and reported to Xiang Zhuangyu: "King, the horse has returned, Han Xin's army has arrived in Gaoyi, and it is less than fifty miles away from Linzi. ”

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian looked at each other and smiled, and said: "The speed of the Qi army is not slow, but Han Xin is back, but the widow is leaving, I hope he doesn't complain about the widow, hehe." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Xiang stepped inside again and said proudly: "King, there is an envoy from the Qi State who asks to see you." ”

"Envoy of Qi State?" Xiang Zhuang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said, "From Linzi City?" ”

"It's not." Jin Xiang shook his head and said, "I came from the west bank of Zishui, and I said that I came to deliver the letter of state on the order of the King of Qi." ”

"National Letters?" Xiang Zhuang turned around and exchanged glances with Bai Lixian, and immediately ordered Jin Xiangdao, "Please let him in." ”

Jin Xiang took the order and left, and soon led a middle-aged Xiushi with a long figure into the big tent, and the middle-aged Xiushi entered the tent, just looking at Xiang Zhuang shallowly, and said loudly: "In Xia Tianxiong, Xi is the one under the account of the King of Qi, and now on the order of the King of Qi, I have come to submit the credentials to the King of Chu." With that, Tian Xiong took out a letter of state from his arms.

Hu Yan snorted, took two steps forward, took the national letter, and handed it to Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang unfolded the national book, but there were only a few lines of Liao Liao on it: people said that Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, was a hero, and his demeanor was not lost to the overlord of the past.

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